Developing Canadian legume and sunflower ingredients in plant-based burgers for global distribution
Canadian Consortium Contribution
$289,035
Cluster Contribution
$236,483
Canada
Lovingly Made Ingredients, Botaneco
UK
Stars UK R&D, The University of Leeds
Goal
To solve moisture challenges in plant-based burgers using Canadian-grown legumes and sunflower protein ingredients
Project Summary
The project builds off the success of previous Botaneco and Lovingly Made projects under the Protein Industries Canada portfolio.
By building off of Botaneco’s oleosome work, and Lovingly Made’s extrusion work, the partners will optimize existing processing techniques to create new textured protein ingredients incorporating novel plant-based fats.
The University of Leeds will work with the Canadian partners to ensure the ingredients meet the functional, taste and texture characteristics consumers are looking for; once this testing is complete, Stars UK will incorporate the ingredients into a new line of plant-based burgers for distribution through global restaurant chains.
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